Thomas Paine’s Declaration of War Against Monarchy
Thomas Paine was likely the most ardent and radical republican of his time, transcending virtually all of his peers. Even so, he tended to separate his trademark disdain for hereditary monarchy in general with attacks against specific monarchs. As he believed, such...
Thomas Paine’s Sedition: The Rights of Man, Part 1
After Thomas Paine released the first part of the Rights of Man, it flew off the bookstalls in England, and printers could not meet the demand it received. It was soon distributed throughout Europe and the United States, and about 50,000 copies were sold within 2...
James Iredell Born Today in History
Today in history, on Oct. 5, 1751, James Iredell was born. A brilliant figure of the founding era, he was a legal prodigy at an extremely young age, and played an integral role in North Carolina’s transition from colonialism to republicanism. Just prior to the...